Portraits of new American citizens

February 20, 2013

Almost 300 foreign-born children of naturalized immigrants received citizenship in New York

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Second grade student Maria Rahman, 7, holds a flag given to her by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), while waiting to receive her citizenship certificate on February 19, 2013 in New York City. Her father, Mizanur Rahman, is a naturalized American from Bangladesh, and their family lives in the Bronx, New York City.

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Second grade student Maria Rahman, 7, holds a flag given to her by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), while waiting to receive her citizenship certificate on February 19, 2013 in New York City. Her father, Mizanur Rahman, is a naturalized American from Bangladesh, and their family lives in the Bronx, New York City.